Author archives: Cynthia

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I’m still kind of reeling from news I received this morning, so forgive me if I ramble a bit. I found out this morning that a former co-worker took his own life. He was one of the kindest people I had ever met, and one of the happiest – or so I...

“Have you read Outlander yet? You’ll love it!” “I just started reading Outlander. It’s so good!” “My entire life has CHANGED since reading Outlander!” OK, so that last one might have been made up, but...

Synopsis from Goodreads: Pioneer Girl follows the Ingalls family’s journey through Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, back to Minnesota, and on to Dakota Territory sixteen years of travels, unforgettable experiences, and the everyday people...

“Concerning the new Facebook policies/ guidelines… Today, [insert date here], in response to the Facebook guidelines that I do not consent, and under articles L.111, 112, and 113 of the code of intellectual property, I declare that my rights are...

Synopsis from Goodreads: DURING WORLD WAR II, the Japanese forced 200,000 young Korean women to be sex slaves or “comfort women” for their soldiers. This is one woman’s riveting story of strength, courage and promises kept. In 1943, the Japanese tear...

Synopsis from Goodreads: An absorbing, highly entertaining novel about family secrets, The Never Never Sisters introduces you to the strong-willed and big-hearted Reinhardt women, as they reunite one summer in New York. Gifted storyteller L. Alison Heller has...

“Did you used to try and sit like Mork when you were a kid?” This is what I asked my husband at the dinner table tonight. We had just heard about Robin Williams’ death, and it had hit us both hard – my husband, especially:...

Synopsis from Goodreads: An astonishing debut, a novel of epic scope and suspense that conjures up all the magic and menace of Victorian London London, 1892: James Norbury, a shy would-be poet newly down from Oxford, finds lodging with a charming young...

Synopsis from Goodreads: An unforgettable epic romantic thriller about a girl from the future who might be able to save the world . . . if she lets go of the one thing she’s found to hold on to. Follow the rules. Remember what happened. Never fall in love....

Synopsis from Goodreads: Fifty Years in Polygamy is the personal history of Kristyn Decker, the daughter of a polygamist prophet. Within, she reveals a rare, uncensored, firsthand account of the inner workings of a Utah-based polygamist sect whose members...